The 2014 Conference USA football schedule has been released. Conference play begins on Sept. 13 with WKU at Middle Tennessee and Louisiana Tech at North Texas.

For 2014, Conference USA welcomes Old Dominion and Western Kentucky as new members. East Carolina, Tulane, and Tulsa have each left Conference USA to join The American.

Due to C-USA having an odd number of schools in 2014 (13), the conference will have a unique format for this season only.

Each school in the West Division will play every team in its division once for five games, while playing three cross-over opponents from the opposite division. Three schools in the East Division will play every team in its division once for six games, while playing two cross-over opponents from the opposite division. Four schools in the East Division will play five opponents in its division once for five games, while playing three cross-over opponents from the opposite division. East Division schools playing five division games were randomly selected by a computer scheduling application and two intra-division matchups in the East will not take place this season.

The 2014 C-USA Championship Game will be played on Saturday, Dec. 6 and will be televised by ESPN or ESPN2.

Featured 2014 non-conference match-ups for Conference USA include Louisville at FIU, Florida Atlantic at Alabama, Louisiana Tech at Auburn, Ohio at Marshall, BYU at Middle Tennessee, North Texas at Texas, Old Dominion at Vanderbilt, Rice at Texas A&M, Southern Miss at Alabama, UAB at Mississippi State, UTEP at Kansas State, UTSA at Oklahoma State, and Western Kentucky at Navy.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30
Bethune-Cookman at FIU
Florida Atlantic at Nebraska
Louisiana Tech at Oklahoma
Marshall at Miami (Ohio)
Savannah State at Middle Tennessee
North Texas at Texas
Hampton at Old Dominion
Rice at Notre Dame
Southern Miss at Mississippi State
Troy at UAB
UTEP at New Mexic

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Wagner at FIU
Florida Atlantic at Alabama
Louisiana Tech at Louisiana-Lafayette
Rhode Island at Marshall
Middle Tennessee at Minnesota
SMU at North Texas
Old Dominion at NC State
Alcorn State at Southern Miss
UAB at Mississippi State
Texas Tech at UTEP
Arizona at UTSA
WKU at Illinois

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Pittsburgh at FIU
Tulsa at Florida Atlantic
Louisiana Tech at North Texas
Ohio at Marshall
WKU at Middle Tennessee
Louisiana Tech at North Texas
Eastern Michigan at Old Dominion
Rice at Texas A&M
Southern Miss at Alabama
Alabama A&M at UAB
New Mexico State at UTEP
UTSA at Oklahoma State

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
Louisville at FIU
Florida Atlantic at Wyoming
Northwestern State at Louisiana Tech
Marshall at Akron
Middle Tennessee at Memphis
Nicholls State at North Texas
Old Dominion at Rice
Appalachian State at Southern Miss

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
FIU at UAB
UTSA at Florida Atlantic
Louisiana Tech at Auburn
Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion
Rice at Southern Miss
UTEP at Kansas State
WKU at Navy

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
Florida Atlantic at FIU
UTEP at Louisiana Tech
Marshall at Old Dominion
Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee
North Texas at Indiana
UAB at WKU
New Mexico at UTSA

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
FIU at UTSA
Middle Tennessee at Marshall
North Texas at UAB
Old Dominion at UTEP
Rice at Army

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
Marshall at FIU
WKU at Florida Atlantic
UTSA at Louisiana Tech
UAB at Middle Tennessee
Southern Miss at North Texas

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
Florida Atlantic at Marshall
Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss
North Texas at Rice
Old Dominion at WKU
UAB at Arkansas
UTEP at UTSA

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Rice at FIU
UAB at Florida Atlantic
WKU at Louisiana Tech
BYU at Middle Tennessee
Old Dominion at Vanderbilt
Southern Miss at UTEP

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8
FIU at Old Dominion
Florida Atlantic at North Texas
Louisiana Tech at UAB
Marshall at Southern Miss
UTSA at Rice
UTEP at WKU

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15
Middle Tennessee at FIU
Rice at Marshall
North Texas at UTEP
Southern Miss at UTSA
Army at WKU

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21
UTEP at Rice

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22
FIU at North Texas
Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee
Louisiana Tech at Old Dominion
Marshall at UAB
UTEP at Rice
UTSA at WKU

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28
WKU at Marshall

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29
Old Dominion at Florida Atlantic
Rice at Louisiana Tech
WKU at Marshall
Middle Tennessee at UTEP
North Texas at UTSA
UAB at Southern Miss